32-year-old Auckland doctor Jared Noel had terminal cancer and had just one wish before he died - to meet his first child, his to-be-born daughter.

A doctor with terminal cancer who revealed that his dying wish was to meet his unborn daughter has published a book posthumously about his journey.

An album remembering the 1935 All Blacks team which toured Britain and Ireland is going under the hammer.

Morrissey's debut novel has been slated as an "unpolished turd of a book".

The creator of popular detective series Prime Suspect has created the back story of tough investigator Jane Tennison, writes Stephen Jewell.

The votes have been tallied from a recent poll on nzherald.co.nz to find readers' favourite novel by a New Zealand author.

An Australian writer has ousted J.K. Rowling from the number one spot of most popular children's books in New Zealand.

Jackie Collins has died aged 77 after a long battle with breast cancer.

They're the colours of contentment, apparently.

Dressed in her black stiletto boots and long elegant locks, Gilda Kirkpatrick is not your stereotypical image of a comic book artist.

The Man Booker Prize short list of six top novels was released last night - but this year the prestigious award does not have a New Zealander among the top picks.

Ted Dawe is the multi-award-winning author of several young adult novels including Into the River, which is currently banned.

We're going to share the rudest sample from Ted Dawe's Into the River so we can properly assess whether this book should be temporarily censored.

Forgotten for nearly 500 years, the sheet music owned by Henry VIII's second wife could shed new light on her life - and loves, says Ivan Hewett.

Fears that young people are influenced by popular culture should not be the basis for arbitrary banning of award-winning books.

Forgive the pessimism, but I don't think that banning one book is going to help.

"I've counted the number of times that offensive words appear in Into The River. It's got the c-word nine times, the f-word 17 times and s-h-i-t 16 times."

JK Rowling says Harry Potter fans have been pronouncing villain Lord Voldemort's name wrong for years.

From Into The River to Little Red Riding Hood, there's much to disapprove of, Toby Manhire finds. What should be banned next? There is a long list that isn't getting any shorter.